History of Chester Richard Brough (1898-1967) and Lula Robison
Quoted from the 1980 RBFO book: Samuel Richard Brough, 1857-1947: His History, Ancestors & Descendants
Originally written by LeGrande Richard Brough in 1980HISTORY:
Chester Richard Brough was born October 6, 1898 in Lyman, Wyoming. His father was Samuel Richard Brough and his mother was Ann Eliza Carter. He had five brothers and three sisters: Horace, Reed, Hyrum, Golden, Lester, Viola, Eveline and Emily. His father was bishop of Lyman Ward for twenty years. His mother was the second wife of Samuel, his first wife being Phoebe Adeline Cherry. She had eight children.
Chester's father was a pioneer and settled the town of Lyman, Wyoming. Here my father grew up in a humble home and with what he referred to as a "heavenly mother." He was taught to work at an early age. He told stories to us as children of those early days. He loved foot races and he was good at this. He told about doing chores, mowing and hauling hay. He loved canned tomatoes and fruit from the field. He said they went sleigh riding down long dugways in winter and how much fun they had at school activities. I guess they had not much as they were growing up. He said they wore clothes a long time.
He learned many things from father Samuel. They raised and slaughtered pigs in winter and hauled them to Rock Springs for market in very cold weather. He was called at an early age to serve on a mission to the Central States in the years of 1919 to 1921 and labored mostly in Arkansas. He told of holding many street and cottage meetings and was "rotten egged" off one street corner in Little Rock. He walked many miles, washing collars of shirts in streams and carrying a small suitcase with all his belongings in it. I can still see the old suitcase as he carried it to the temple in Salt Lake City later, to do temple ordinances.
He served faithfully and his mission became a changing point in his life. His family moved to Bountiful in 1920 and bought two homes at 900 North Main, Bountiful, and 600 North Main Street. Both had about eight acres and each family settled here. His father then spent the next thirty years doing temple work during winter months. The farms became truck garden farms, and father learned this business and made it his life's occupation. He became a produce raiser, a peddler and produce salesman.
He bought an old Model T Ford and had a peddler's route up through Morgan, Utah and towns along the way. He there met Lula Robison and wooed and married her in the Salt Lake Temple on 15 Feb 1924. She was the daughter of David Alexander Robison and Rhoda Ann Smith. I was born April 1, 1925 and was called LaGrande Richard and it was said it was a rainy day on April Fool. Father worked at a Safeway Produce Store in the north part of Salt Lake, about 400 North. They lived at about 400 North. When I was six months old I was scalded with boiling water but was blessed with no scars.
Father became a very good salesman and told how he sold ripe bananas to everyone coming into the store. He made many friends here whom he later sold produce to. They moved to Bountiful, Utah some place on 200 North and 100 West, and from there to the basement of Horace Brough, his brother. Delmar Chester was born here and died at age six months, a very sad time for my parents, and I heard and felt their grief as I grew up. At this time my mother's uncle in St. George gave mother enough money to buy a house on 185 West Center. We moved there and father continued his produce peddling to Morgan and even out to Lyman and other towns in Wyoming. He also started to haul produce on commission to Salt Lake Growers' Market for other farmers. I accompanied my father on many trips. He owned several Model "T" and "A" and "B" Ford trucks and finally was able to buy an International Dualed Wheel, of which he was most proud.
During these years, Lula Marie was born, March 4, 1930. She now has ten children and is married to Dennis Elon Nielsen from Shelly, Idaho. Carole came later, and she has eight children and is married to Ned Allison Whiting from Mapleton, Utah. I married Julia Foy and we had six children. Julia was from Bountiful, Utah and the daughter of Florence Tuttle and Leslie T. Foy.
As we were growing up, these were proud days for Father and Mother. Father hauled his children everywhere in his truck. He was always making friends in his work and enjoyed discussing the gospel and bearing his testimony. This he enjoyed very much and many times I have heard his testimony.
He was a counselor to Haven Stringham in the Bountiful First Ward Sunday School. In 1937 Father purchased a 10-acre farm and everyone helped on it for many years. Father worked hard and paid his brother and farm off in eight years. It cost $5,000.00. He had worked hard on Center Street place. He had planted an orchard and garden and they built a grape arbor, barn, chicken coop, pig pen and a large double garage for produce. His neighbor complained and he had to stop raising animals so close, so that was moved to the new place.
We took canyon trips to· the mountains and other fun trips. We always walked to church and we had to walk fast with the pace dad would set. He was always busy. In winter he would haul coal and hay for people with his truck. He never spent many idle moments.
During the depression years of the 30's, father was out of work, and one winter spent all his time doing temple work in Salt Lake, riding the electric trolley called the Bamberger. We always visited relatives and go to Grandma Brough's house (Ann Eliza). We had many happy hours visiting and holding get togethers, especially at Christmas.
Father loved the out-of-doors and spent time hunting and fishing. One summer we all went to Yellowstone Park with Delbert Robison, and I watched dad fish on Yellowstone Lake and he almost tipped the boat over when they started to catch the fish, as reported by Delbert Robison, brother-in-law. We took trips to the top of Bountiful peak with the Myrle and John Ellis families. I rode with father one spring hauling water on the back of his truck to new trees planted on the new highway being built north of Bountiful. He worked at many odd jobs to supplement his income and was never too proud to stoop to any to earn a living. He hauled city garbage in Bountiful at one time to have work to do. He drove a church band through town on the 4th of July celebration. He would haul scouts to Grandaddy Lakes, or anything that was asked. After the depression one winter about 1934, he worked at the Market Wholesale Grocery in Salt Lake for $2.00 a day and felt so lucky to have a job. He raised chickens, milked a cow and raised calves and pigs to supplement food for the family.
His children had much sickness and went through quarantine periods where the family was separated. He and I lived in one room and would peek through the window of the house at mother and daughters with chicken pox. My father tried to be an example to others. He served in the Seventies Presidency and became Sunday School Superintendent in the Bountiful Third Ward. This job he held for many years and had many perfect records at stake meetings when all his teachers were present. Everyone loved him.
He spent many Saturdays helping his brother Horace who was a builder. Here is where I established my love for building. During Third Ward years we helped Uncle Horace build the Third Ward chapel and we all helped shovel a lot of snow. I was called on often to help. One day we helped pour a green-colored sidewalk for Harold B. Lee as I accompanied my father, and we used dad's truck to haul equipment.
Dad kept his children busy. When we bought a farm at 563 North Main, everyone in the family was pressed into service, and he ran a 10-acre truck garden farm besides hauling produce to market and selling it for 15 to 20 other farmers in town. Mother had house work and often we had to do house work and farm work too. He would write us all a letter every morning and tell us what to do that day. Feed the pigs, water the chickens, milk the cows, pull weeds, pick cucumbers and strawberries and help your mother wash, etc. etc. etc. He taught us to work and appreciate work as he set the example. He had a strong body and muscles. He used to wrestle on the floor in the front room with us children.
He would always get up at five in the winter time and build a fire and get the house warm before we got out of bed. He loved to go with our neighbor N. Lorenzo Mitchell and administer to the sick. He was a man of great faith and many sought for his administrations. He was good to his children and wife and always loved to share his good fortunes or wealth and often would visit his children who were married and leave them $20.00 or more without anyone asking. He was the head of the financial committee for the building of the 10th ward chapel and would say to the bishop, "Give me twenty faithful men and I will get the money." He did too. He supervised ward teaching in his later years as the growers' market was done away with.
Dad started a fruit stand at 563 North Main and did this faithfully until his death on July 27, 1967. His stand was always well kept for he would always say, "You have to watch your stuff." He meant keep things neat and straight and produce looking fresh and no bad produce. He knew how to use sacks to preserve the freshness, and this was hard because he had no cooler. He would carry everything down in our old basement to keep it fresh until morning. He took great pains to do this. He was a super salesman and learned how to move his produce and became a genius at this. I have often said, "He could sell anything and people went away friends and feeling good."
Dad had sugar diabetes for over ten of the last years of his life and suffered much. He had a prostate gland operation and died from pneumonia and emphysema. He was a great missionary. He served a stake mission in Bountiful.
When he visited his children in California, he went to Los Angeles market and got produce in his truck and went door to door peddling and telling people about the church. He fought a good fight and kept the faith, and it will yet be said of him, he was a great gospel produce salesman. Anyway, we who knew him and love him will ever be grateful for his teachings and example and his love and devotion to his family. May we all live to be worthy to enjoy his presence once again I pray, and may we emulate the life he stood for and lived for by the example which he set.
History of Eveline Jane Brough (1900-1958) and Arthur Edmund Bjorkman
Quoted from the 1980 RBFO book: Samuel Richard Brough, 1857-1947: His History, Ancestors & DescendantsHISTORY:
Eveline Jane Brough was born January 15, 1900, a new year, new century baby. She was born and grew to young womanhood in Lyman, Wyoming. She was a leader in church and school activities, and had many good friends and happy times in Lyman.
In 1920 the Brough family moved to Bountiful where Eveline was employed at Barlow Dry Goods store for many years. She was very interested in dramatics, and took elocution lessons for quite some time. She rode the "Bamberger" electric streetcar to Salt Lake City for the lessons.
Eveline became well known throughout the area for her dramatic ability and willingness to share her talents. She gave readings all over the area and directed many church plays. In 1932 she directed the all-church winning play, which was a great achievement and honor.
Eveline loved good books and had a large collection of treasured volumes. She read widely and was well educated, even though she went only to the eighth grade. She felt a great lack that she could not have the formal education she so wanted. When the Brough family lived in Lyman, the public school offered only grades 1-8, then the students had to go away for high school.
She worked for many years, living at home with her parents, enjoying her brothers and sisters, their spouses and children.
When her sister Viola died, a friend of Millard's came to pay his respects to the family. This friend was Arthur Bjorkman. After his wife died, he remembered Eveline and came to call. Their courtship ended in marriage May 9, 1933 (Emily's birthday).
Arthur's first wife Viola Wathen died following the birth of their fifth child. The children were Leola, Doris, George, Hal and Keith. Keith was the baby and was one year old when Arthur and Eveline were married.
Arthur had a farm in Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, where they began their life together.
Eveline and Arthur were married in the depths of the depression. Their maturity and experience helped them to survive and their love to deepen.
Arthur taught school. At that time, teachers could teach with a two-year "Normal Certificate." For some time the teachers were paid by the parents in produce - sacks of potatoes, bushels of apples. Finally the schools closed and Arthur had no work.
He returned to BYU to complete his BS degree, leaving Eveline in Heber City with the children, now including Marilyn, who was born July 3, 1934. He lived in Provo, coming home occasional weekends, sending money from his jobs on campus when he could. He graduated in 1936 and was very happy to get the position of educational director of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Castle Dale, Utah. While the family lived in Castle Dale, a second daughter, Gwendolyn, was born, December 10, 1937.
Arthur secured a position with Davis County Schools in 1939, and the family moved to Bountiful where he taught science at South Davis Junior High (later named Bountiful Junior High) until he retired in 1958 after 4 years of teaching. He loved teaching and was a beloved teacher. Carolyn was born March 4, 1940.
Eveline was a hard-working woman, busy with her family and active in the church. She held a number of church positions through the years and also sang in the choir. She was ward Relief Society President about 1951-1956. She was a great leader and organizer.
She died of cancer when she was fifty-eight years old, on August 28, 1958. She was missed by all who loved her.
History of Hyrum Carter Brough (1901-1987) and Erma Eurilda Andersen
Quoted from the 1980 RBFO book: Samuel Richard Brough, 1857-1947: His History, Ancestors & Descendants
Originally written by Hyrum Carter Brough in 1980HISTORY:
I was born of goodly parents in the year of our Lord, April 6, 1901, in a little log cabin on Main Street in Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming.
When my father came home from a four-year mission in England and Scotland, he filed on a homestead--one hundred sixty acres on the Lyman bench and built their log cabin, logs he cut and hauled from the nearby mountains. It had four rooms, but no plumbing. We lived in this cabin until I was six years old. Then father built a large home on another one hundred sixty acres of farm land. The home was a frame home painted white, with black willows and shade trees all around the home. We had to heat the water for our Saturday-night bath on a wood stove. We used a large tub to bathe in right in the middle of the kitchen floor. We had a splashing good time with water allover the floor. We drew the water from a well father dug in our back yard.
My father's name was Samuel Richard Brough, my mother's name was Eliza Ann Carter Brough. I had four brothers and three sisters.
I married Erma Eurilda Anderson in the Salt Lake Temple June 27, 1923. I was introduced to Erma September 10, 1922 at a dance at Latuda, Utah, a little town up Spring Canyon about six miles from Helper, Utah. I was working at Standardville, Utah, in the coal mine and Erma came here to teach school. We walked home together from the Dance at Latuda, and this is how it all started.
We had seven children given to us by our Father in Heaven. We lost two girls as babies living only a few hours. We lost our two sons when they were six months old. We have three daughters living: Beulah Bernice, Shirley Darlene and Sandra Janene Wood. We have ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
I enjoyed family life as a boy. My father was a farmer, and we all had our chores and work to do. When I was thirteen years old I did all the plowing and cultivating of the land and preparing it for planting, I had two dogs and a pony of my own. I would enjoy going with my father to check on our two ranches or farms, with me on my pony and father on his big bay horse. We worked long hours on the farms, but we enjoyed family life. I had an angel mother who taught me how to pray as a child, and my parents taught me the gospel of Jesus Christ.
My father was bishop in our ward all of my life until I was eighteen years old. At this time my father bought a home and small farm in Bountiful, Utah. In the spring of 1919 my brother Horace and family moved to Bountiful to plant our crops, as the rest of the family was not moving until fall. Horace went to work in Salt Lake City as a carpenter and this left me to run the farm. On this truck farm we would grow potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, cantaloupes and other vegetables. I would leave with our produce at four o'clock in the morning for Salt Lake City where we sold it on the Growers' Market. I went by team and wagon. This made a long day for me.
I worked for Safeway Stores, as a manager of a store in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, in Park City, Utah, and in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1929 we bought mother's home in Bountiful. Father was working in the temple and didn't have time to take care of the farm. For ten long years during the depression of the thirties, we had a hard time to pay the interest on the mortgage on the home and farm.
We would like to write much more, but it is all recorded in my life history.
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Note: In 1969, Hyrum Carter Brough founded the Samuel Richard Brough Family Organization (SRBFO). In 1982 the SRBFO merged with the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO) that is known today (2011) as the Brough Family Organization (BFO).
History of Chester Lester Brough (1904-1986) and Dora Alexandria Roth
Quoted from the 1980 RBFO book: Samuel Richard Brough, 1857-1947: His History, Ancestors & DescendantsHISTORY:
Charles Lester Brough was born November 16, 1904 in Lyman, Wyoming, the twelfth and youngest son of Samuel Richard Brough and the eighth child of his plural marriage to Ann Eliza Carter. For just a little over the first eleven years of Lester's life, his father was bishop of the Lyman Ward, so his early life was definitely affected for good by the closeness that this family had with the church in this farming area.
In the fall of the year 1907 when Lester was three years old, he was taken very sick, and after several days the doctor was finally able to come and examine him. His illness was diagnosed as a typical case of typhoid fever. His father asked the doctor if it could be checked or broken up some way, but he was informed by the doctor that it would have to run its normal course, which amounted to some seven weeks. The doctor then left, leaving some medication, and said he would return the following day to check on him. Both Lester's father and mother were very concerned and felt that he was in a very serious condition.
His father was impressed to call upon their Heavenly Father in humble and earnest prayer. All of the children were called together around the sick bed. His father, mother and each one of the children took their turns praying to the Lord to destroy the disease and spare the life of this special son and brother. The Spirit of the Lord was with them and heard their humble prayers. Lester rested well all night and in the morning was much better. His fever was gone and his body was returned to normal.
The doctor came to check on Lester that morning and could not believe what he found. He even used a new thermometer thinking that his old one was broken. but there still was no sign of the fever and nothing to indicate that he had been so ill. The doctor told the family that he had never experienced this type of recovery before, but all of the family knew and were grateful that the Lord had heard and answered their prayers in Lester's behalf.
Lester was very active in the church, and during his Aaronic Priesthood years held almost every leadership position in each of his quorums. In 1920 when his family moved to Bountiful,Utah, he went with them and helped his father and brothers in the truck garden while finishing his schooling.
Lester became quite an accomplished carpenter and was known for the quality work that he did. Many homes in the Salt Lake area bear the result of his quality craftsmanship. During part of his working life he worked with his brother Horace who was also an outstanding carpenter.
On April 8, 1926 Charles Lester Brough married Dora Alexandria Roth in the Salt Lake Temple. They made their home in Salt Lake City, Utah. On February 7, 1927, a very precious little girl was born to them. This was to be their only child, and they gave her the name of Dorothy.
Lester and Dora, at the time this history was compiled, have five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. They have lived at their present home, 1176 Westminster Avenue, for over 35 years. During this time Lester served as a bishop's counselor to two different bishops, totaling some 12 years. He then served on the Stake High Council for three years. Shortly thereafter he was made bishop of the Sugarhouse Ward and served in this capacity for almost six years. He has been group leader of his High Priests' group and has continued his great service in the church without interruption up to this present time. At the age of 75 he is still working as a carpenter and intends to continue in this line of work.
How great an example he has been to his family and especially to those who have known him. He has followed his father's great example and left his great mark on this area, not only as a master craftsman, but also as a leader among men. Lester is one of the two remaining living sons of Samuel Richard Brough.
History of Emily May Brough (1907-1978) and Myron Frederick Holbrook
Quoted from the 1980 RBFO book: Samuel Richard Brough, 1857-1947: His History, Ancestors & Descendants
Originally given as a funeral eulogy by Samuel Richard Holbrook on April 29, 1978HISTORY:
Emily May Brough was born in Lyman Wyoming on May 5, 1907, the youngest child of Samuel Richard Brough and Eliza Ann Carter. She had the privilege of being a daughter of one of the last to those special Latter-day Saint families to participate in polygamy.
The family of eighteen wonderful children, nine in each of two households, grew up in a family farm environment where each learned the value of good, honest labor and where they learned to create their own entertainment. They were also taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ by loving parents since their father served as bishop of Lyman for over 25 years.
The family moved to Bountiful, Utah in 1921, when Emily was 13 years old. They bought the farm of Enoch A. Holbrook, located on Ninth North and Main Street. Little did Emily know at that time that she would become a member of that Holbrook family just eight years later.
She completed her education in the Davis County Schools, following which she took voice training at the McCune School of Music in Salt Lake City. She also began what was to become a wonderful career with Mountain Bell Telephone Company.
Emily was always active in her church and rendered a continuous service from her childhood. It was through this service that she met, and eventually married, her wonderful mate. They became acquainted while participating in a three-act play at Mutual in the Bountiful 1st Ward. It was love at first sight, and she married Myron F. Holbrook on October 21, 1929, in the Salt Lake City L.D.S. Temple.
Their first child, Lois Mae, was born on their wedding anniversary day just one year later. Soon to follow was a son, Samuel Richard, and then another daughter, Elaine. Eleven long years passed before another daughter, Helen, was born.
During this time of having a family, Emily was active in many church positions. She especially loved the time she spent as Relief Society President and also her work in Junior Sunday School as coordinator and later as chorister.
Emily was blessed with a beautiful soprano voice and her brother Hyrum with a strong tenor voice. They were to share these beautifully matched voices with others for over forty years at church and civic functions and at funeral services everywhere. An excerpt taken from one of the many "thank you" notes sent to them is typical of what was expressed on many occasions:
"We appreciate the talents which God has given you and your willingness to share those talents with us. What perfect harmony! It was like the angels singing to soothe and comfort me. May He who gave your talents preserve them through the years that you may raise your voices in song to those bowed down in tears."
Emily was always an early riser and because of this she accomplished much each day. She made every move count, as was evidenced by her ability to pick twice as many berries as anyone else in the berry patch. She was a fast walker. Her short legs have caused many to almost jog to keep up with her. As a mother and homemaker she had many talents. She had the ability to make each meal a banquet with nothing more than a loaf of homemade bread and a quart of home-canned fruit. She could stretch money further, can fruit faster, straighten up a home quicker, take more calls as an operator, and find time to express love to everyone she met.
She especially loved flowers, her children and grandchildren, her beloved sister Eveline, the Jassamine Literary Club, the Telephone Pioneers, her husband, and the Lord, and doing things for others.
She despised diets, being called "Granny", "gossip", and anything else that wasn't good and uplifting.
Emily had great faith and believed very deeply in the power of prayer. She always had time to give a listening ear, whether it be husband, children, grandchildren or friends.
She is survived by her loving husband, her children, 15 grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, brothers Hyrum and Lester, and half-sisters Laura and Netti. She also claims as survivors her beloved sister Eveline's three daughters, Marilyn, Gwen, and Carrie, and sister Viola's daughter Winona and son Lloyd.
If we were to find one word to describe Emily, it would be LOVE. May that love which she gave to each of us continue to be a part of our lives and may we share it with others as she was so inclined to do.
The birth, christening, marriage, death and burial of Richard Brough was extensively documented by Marie B. Nielson and R. Clayton Brough, RBFO Genealogists, in the 1980's and 1990's.
The birth and death of "Richard Brough" is listed in the "LDS Temple Ordinances and Genealogical Records of Samuel Richard Brough" (1857-1947), which records are in possession of the Brough Family Organization. These records date from 1889 to 1915 and mention (on pages 1 and 11) that Richard Brough was born on 14 February 1786 in Trentham, Staffordshire, and that he died on 31 January 1873. (Note: Samuel Richard Brough is the grandson of Richard Brough, and Samuel served an LDS mission to the British Isles from 1886 to 1890.)
The christening record of "Richard Brough" is listed in the parish register of St. Mary & Al Saints church in Trentham, Staffordshire, England (FHL Book # 942,46, B4pr, V.39, page 291; FHL Films # 873647, 1526191 Item #17 and 7567143; and shown on FindMyPast), which states that he was christened on 24 June 1787 in Trentham, Staffordshire, and that his parents were "Richard and Ellen Brough" and that Richard Brough was a “Lab[ourer]" of "Trentham”.
The 1825 marriage of "Richard Brough" and "Mary Hurlinstone" is listed in the parish register of St. Peter, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, which states that they were married by "Banns" and "in this church" of St. Peter on 7 August 1825; that Richard Brough was a "Bachelor" and "Brickmaker" of "this Parish"; that Mary Hurlinstone of a Spinster of "this Parish"; that the marriage was performed by Benjamin Vale, Curate; and that the marriage was witnessed by Samuel Poulson. Also, this marriage is listed in the Bishop's Transcript of Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire (FHL Film # 435854, page 164), which states that they were married by Banns on 25 August 1825, that Richard Brough was a "Brickmaker", that they were both "of this Parish", and that the marriage was witnessed by Samuel Poulson.
1841 Census Report (taken on 6 June 1841, FHL Film # 474621, p.28):
Richard and Mary Brough were living at: 28 Sutherland Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England:
Richard Brough, age 55, Male, Occupation: Pen [Pensioner], Born: Staffordshire
Mary (Brough), age 45, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Ellen Brough, age 16, Female, Occupation: Potter Apps., Born: Staffordshire
John Hollison, age 22, Male, Occupation: Pott[er], Born: Staffordshire
Richard Brough, age 13, Male, Occupation: Miner Iron, Born: Staffordshire
William, age 11, Male, Occupation: Miner Iron, Born: Staffordshire
Thomas, age 9, Male, Occupation: App. Potter; Born: Staffordshire
Adra, age 8, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Elizabeth, age 7, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Mary, age 5, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Samuel, age 7/10 months, Born: Staffordshire
1851 Census Report (taken on 30 March 1851):
Richard and Mary Brough were living at: 109 Stone Road, Blurton, Trentham, Staffordshire, England:
Richard Brough, Head, Married, Male, age 63, Occupation: Pensioner, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire
Mary (Brough), Wife, Married, Female, age 51, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire
Thos. Brough, Son, Unmarried, Male, age 18, Occupation: Coal Miner, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire
Elizbeth Brough, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, age 16, Occupation: Potter, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire
M.A. [Mary Ann] Brough, Daughter, Unmarried, Female, age 14, Occupation: Potter, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire
S. [Samuel], Son, Unmarried, Male, age 11, Occupation: Coal Miner, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire1861 Census: Richard Brough was living on: Warrens Lane, Blurton, Staffordshire, England:
(Richard was residing with his unmarried daughter, Mary Ann Brough; and living next door to his son, Samuel Brough. Richard's wife, Mary, was not listed with him at the time the 1861 Census was taken.)
Richard Brough, Head, Married, Male, age 74, Occupation: Brick manufacturer, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire
Mary A[nn] Brough, Daughter, Unmarried, age 24, Occupation: Potters Transferrer, Born: Longton, Staffordshire1871 Census: Richard and Mary Brough were living at: 330 Russell Street, Dresden, Trentham, Staffordshire, England:
(Richard and Mary Brough were living next to their daughter, Mary Ann Brough, and her husband Robert Evans, who were residing at: 332 Russell Street, Dresden, Trentham, Staffordshire, England)
Richard Brough, Head, Married, Male, age 85, Occupation: Brickmaker, Born: Trentham, Staffordshire
Mary (Brough), Wife, Married, Female, age 74, Born: Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.Richard Brough died on 31 January 1873 in Warrens Lane, Trentham, Staffordshire. England. His death is documented in the book: "The Ancestors of Richard Broiugh and Mary Horleston" (RBFO, 1981, p.69), which references Samuel Richard Brough's LDS Temple Record Book (pages 5,17), and the GRO Civil Registration Certificate of his death (that is now online at FreeBMD)--which death was registered in January-March 1873 in Stone district, Staffordshire, and states he died when he was "86" years old (born about 1787).
The death certificate of "Richard Brough" was obtained from England in 2000 by the Brough Family Organization, and states that Richard Brough died of "Old Age and Bronchitus" on 31 January 1873 at Warrens Lane in Trentham, Staffordshire, England, that he was a "Brickmaker" and died when he was "86 years" old (born about 1787), and that the informant of his death was "Mary Ann Evans" (who was his daughter).
The following funeral announcement about "Richard Brough" is listed on FamilySearch Tree:
"In memory of the late Richard Brough, of Warrens Lane, Longton, who died Jan.31, 1873, aged 86 Years.
"You are respectfully requested to attend the funderal on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, at 2 o'clock. Interment at Dresden Church, at 4 o'clock. This Languishing head is at rest, I'ts thinking and aching are O'er, This quiet, immoveable breast, Is heaved by afflection no more."The burial of "Richard Brough" is listed in the parish records of the Church of the Resurrection in Dresden, Staffordshire, England (FHL Film # 1470944, page 23), which states that he was buried on 4 February 1873 in Dresden, that he was of "Warren's Lane", and that he died when he was "86" years old (born about 1787).
Richard Brough was baptized into the LDS Church on June 20, 1840 at Frooms Hill, Herefordshire, England, by Thomas Clark. He was later ordained a Teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood of the LDS Church on September 28, 1840, at Hanley, Staffordshire, England, by Wilford Woodruff and George Simpson. This information appears in the "Minutes of the Conference of the Staffordshire Potteries, September 28, 1840",and is taken from "Wilford Woodruff's Journal", printed in 1983 by Signature Books, Volume 1 (1833-1840), pages 393 and 522. The book is available in the LDS Church Historical Department in Salt Lake City, Utah. (For further information about the activities of some of the Apostles of the LDS Church in England during June 1840, see the book "A Century of Mormonism in Great Britain" by Richard L. Evans, 1937, page 137, FHL Book # 942, K2er.)
On 1 April 1856 and again on 1 February 1857, Richard Brough blessed two children in the LDS Longton Branch of Staffordshire, England. FHL Film # 0087016, pages 506-507.
In 1857-1858, Richard and Mary Brough had William Franklin Pace Sr. (1806-1876), a LDS missionary serving in England (1956-1858), stay at their home on the following days: October 25, 1857, December 23, 1857, January 6, 10, 27, 31, 1858, and February 6, 8, 1858. (Source: William Franklin Pace Sr., Missionary Journal, 1856-1858, FamilySearch PID# LZPW-H6N; online at: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets?id=78fad59d-3842-40c6-87d1-470c4f08e691&crate=0&index=0 .)
Richard Brough is listed in the 1829 Will of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Hollison, as follows: The "Will" of "Elizabeth Horleston" (FHL Film # 96721--located about halfway through the microfilm), was probated in Newcastle, Staffordshire, on 27 October 1843, but was written on 13 December 1829. In her Will, Elizabeth Horleston states that "the whole of my estate...consists of nothing but a lease of a cottage at Whetley Moore [Wetley Moor]...which lease expires at the death of my son William Horleston, and the premises of the said cottage consists of two small dwelling houses with about three acreas of land...and the said land is divided into three small crofts". (Note: a "croft" is a small enclosed field or pasture near a house.) The Will of Elizabeth Horleston also named three children: her son "William Horleston"--who was a "Collier", her son "Richard Horleston", and her daughter, "Mary Brough"--who was the wife of "Richard Brough", a "Labourer"; and the Probate section of the Will stated that Elizabeth Horleston died on 14 October 1843. In addition, an "Estate Duty Death Reference" notice (FHL Film # 1485063), states that "Elizabeth Horleston" was "of Stoke-upon-Trent", that she died on 14 October 1843, that her Will was dated 13 December 1829, that she had a "Leasehold [of a] Cottage at Whetley Moor [Wetley Moor] which expires at the death of [her] son William", and that the Executors were: William Horleston--her son, Richard Horleston--her son, and Mary Brough--her daughter.
2004 Research Note: There is a "Alice Brough" listed in the IGI who was supposedly born in "about 1843" in "Longton, Lane End, St. John, Staffordshire, England" to Richard Brough and Mary Horleston. However, RBFO researchers have determined that this is not correct. For example, this "Alice Brough" is not listed in the 1851 Census, RBFO researchers have not been able to find an Alice Brough listed in any Longton church/parish records. Also, Samuel R. Brough's "Temple Records" do not include her name and she does not appear on any TIB records (in the Special Collections area of the Family History Library). Apparently, Alice Brough was mistakenly listed as "Sealed to Parents" on 5 January 1922 in an earlier RBFO book (published in 1981), and this encouraged someone to later submit her name (in 1990) for LDS ordinance work to the LDS Temple in Los Angeles, California, which now appears on the IGI.
2019 Research Note: There is a "George Brough" listed in the IGI who was supposedly born in "about 1837" in "Longton, Staffordshire, England" to Richard Brough and Mary Horleston. This listing in the IGI apparently came from a side notation written in the "LDS Temple Ordinances and Genealogical Records of Samuel Richard Brough" (1857-1947) which stated that a "George [Brough] abt. 1837" might have been a possible son of Richard Brough and Mary Horleston. However, BFO researchers have never been able to locate this individual in any church or civil record of the time and have therefore concluded that this listing is probably not correct. In March 2011, the RBFO obtained a copy of the birth certificate of a George Brough from Trentham, Staffordshire, England, which stated that this George Brough was born on 25 June 1838 at "Blurton, Trentham" as the son of "Thomas Brough", a "Cordwainer" of "Blurton", and "Sarah Brough formerly Myatt". The christening of this George Brough is listed in FamilySearch (FHL Digital Film # 7605022), which states that he was christened on 22 July 1838 in Blurton, Staffordshire, and that his parents were "Thomas Brough" and Sarah". Also, this George Brough is listed in the BFO Global Brough Database as Rin # 6842.
History of Richard Brough
Written by R. Clayton Brough and Marie B. Nielson, 2004. Updated by R. Clayton Brough in September 2020.
Richard Brough was born on 14 February 1786 in Trentham, Staffordshire. As a young man, Richard learned the trades of carpentry and brickmaking.
When Richard Brough was 19 years of age, he joined the British Army as a private, and served for the next "17 years and 184 days" in the 8th Battalion of the Royal Artillery Service. During most of Richard's military service, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland fought against Napoleon's "Greater French Empire" that dominated much of Europe.
Richard Brough's military career is well documented and has been summarized by Patricia E. Martin, a military genealogist and historian, as follows:
"Richard Brough was a tall man for the period, 5 ft 11½ inches in height with a brown complexion, brown hair and grey eyes.
"When [Richard Brough] enlisted for 'Unlimited Service' on 10 September 1805 at Newcastle, Staffordshire, he gave his age as 18 years, although, for whatever reason, this [was] not strictly accurate.
"Following his enlistment in 1805, Richard initially joined Captain R. Buckner's Company of 8th Battalion of the Royal Artillery 'From Adjutant's Detachment' in May 1806. At the time it was based at Chatham [located east of London and near the North Sea] but in August sailed to Plymouth [located on the southwest coast of England] before re-embarking on 13 September to sail to Sicily [Italy] where the Company mustered [or assembled] at Messina [on the northeast tip of the island of Sicily, Italy] on 6 December. Apart from the month of June at Milazzo, 1807 was spent at Messina.
"In 1808, the Company continued in Messina until May; but in June it mustered at Syracuse [now called Siracusa and located on the southeast tip of the island of Sicily, Italy] before returning to Messina in November. During the year the command of the Company passed from Captain R. Buckner to Captain J. S. Williamson.
"In 1809, the Company continued at Messina until it formed a detachment of Artillery consisting of 4 officers and 98 men as part of Maj-Gen Sir J. Stuart's force which embarked at Milazzo on 21 May and which sailed on 11 June for operations in the Bay of Naples resulting in the capture of [the islands of] Ischia and Procida [off the coast of Naples in southern Italy] by 1 July. The force returned to Milazzo on 29 July. The Company then embarked again on 23 September for Zante [an island off the west coast of Greece] arriving on 1 October and mustered there for the remainder of the year.
"The Company remained based in Zante throughout 1810 and 1811 until returning to Messina once again until the middle of 1812. However, in March 1810, Captain Williamson's Company provided a detachment of artillery to Brig-Gen Oswald's force that sailed from Zante on 21 March and captured Santa Maura (Leucada) [an island off the west coast of Greece which today is called Lefkada, Greece] on 16 April. The detachment consisted of Captain Williamson himself, another officer 2/Captain C. Gilmour, a sergeant and 56 rank and file. From [a copy of] a muster from that time it can be seen that Gunner Richard Brough was included with a number of men noted as 'On Command' and was therefore one of the detachment.
"In July 1812, the whole Company set sail again, this time for Spain and was mustered on board ship in Palomas Bay, Catalonia [on the coast of northeast Spain] on 1 August and at Alicante [on the coast of southeast Spain] in September.
"In 1813, it moved to Castalla for April and May and were in camp before Tarragona [in northeast Spain] in August, at Valls [in northeast Spain] in November and at Vendrelle [now called Vendrell and located in northeast Spain] in December.
"The Company remained in Eastern Spain until May 1814, whereupon it returned to Italy, this time to Genoa [now called Genova and located in northwest Italy]. At the end of the year Captain Williamson was promoted to Major and the command of the Company passed on Captain J. P. Adye.
"In 1815, the year of Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the company remained in Genoa apparently without incident, but moved on to spend the months of March to July 1816 in Malta [an island country south of Sicily, Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea], before landing in Corfu [an island off the northwest coast of Greece that is now called Kerkira, Greece] in August.
"The Company remained stationed in Corfu until 1822, by which time the command had been passed on once again, this time to Captain J. A. Clement. However, on 19 September it embarked on the troopship 'Intrepid' for the return home, arriving at Woolwich [which is located near London along the River Thames] on 13 December. It was significant that Richard went before the Pensions Board a few days later on 21 December.
"[Richard Brough's] premature discharge was 'in consequence of being unfit for Service from an old injury to the ankles and [he was] placed upon the Pension List at one Shilling per diem commencing the 1st January 1823.' [After Richard Brough was discharged from the British military, he receiving a pension for his military services up until his death in 1873. In addition, Richard was a 'Chelsea Pensioner' (as described in the 1851 Census), which suggests he performed his more than seventeen years of military service with excellence and/or unique braveness. In fact, his status as a 'Chelsea Pensioner'--which was not awarded to most men in the British military--entitled him in his old age to residential care at the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, London, if family members or people in his local community were not able to take care of him in his declining years. (See Ann Brough Hind Research Report, page 578, March 8, 2002.)]
"[When Richard Brough] was discharged at Woolwich he was given Marching Money for his return to his place of enlistment. ...This was calculated at on the basis of 1 shilling 8 pence per day for 16 days march at 10 miles per day. After deducting his daily pension of 1 shilling a day this worked out at 10 shillings and 8 pence.
"[Richard Brough's] total service [in the British military was] 17 years and 184 days."
(The above quoted comments by Patricia E. Martin were extracted from a detailed research report she sent to the RBFO on 30 October 2002. Additional comments, punctuation and/or geographical descriptions-which generally appear within brackets [ ]-have been added by R. Clayton Brough.)
Three years after leaving the military, Richard Brough married Mary Horleston on 7 August 1825, in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. At the time of their marriage, Richard was 39 years old and Mary was 30 years old (born about 1795). Prior to their marriage, Mary had already had two children: James Hollison (chr. 1816) and John Hollison (chr.1821). Following their marriage, and between 1825 and 1843, Richard and Mary had ten children: Ellen (chr. 1825), Jane (born 1826), Richard (chr. 1827), William (born 1829), Adry (chr. 1831), Thomas (born 1832), Elizabeth (born 1834), Mary Ann (born 1836), (Miss) Brough (born 1838), and Samuel (born 1839).
As a husband and father, Richard's primary occupation was that of a brickmaker. According to British census reports, Richard and Mary lived in Longton (at 28 Sutherland Road) in 1841, in Blurton, Trentham (at 109 Stone Road) in 1851, and in Trentham (on Russell Street) in 1871-where at 85 years of age Richard was still being identified as a "brickmaker."
By 1840, Richard Brough had decided to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--known as the "Mormons" or "LDS Church". He was the first "Brough" to join the LDS Church in England. Richard was baptized into the LDS Church on June 20, 1840, at Frooms Hill, Staffordshire. On September 28, 1840, he was ordained to the office of a Teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood by LDS Apostle Wilford Woodruff in Hanley, Staffordshire.
Richard was an active member in the LDS Church during the remainder of his life. In 1856-1857, he blessing at least two unrelated children in the LDS Longton Branch of Staffordshire, and Richard and Mary Brough had William Franklin Pace Sr. (1806-1876), a LDS missionary serving in England (during 1856-1858), stay at their home on the following days: October 25, 1857, December 23, 1857, January 6, 10, 27, 31, 1858, and February 6, 8, 1858.
After Richard Brough joined the LDS Church, five of his children eventually did the same thing: Elizabeth was baptized in 1847, Thomas was baptized in 1849, and Adry, Mary Ann and Samuel were baptized in 1857. In 1856, Thomas and Elizabeth and their spouses left England and emigrated to the United States to join other members of the LDS Church who were moving westward to the Territory of Deseret-now called Utah. Samuel and his wife left England for Utah in 1863. Thomas Brough married Jean (Jane) Paterson in 1851, Elizabeth Brough married Samuel Cartlidge in 1852 and Enoch Tipton in 1864, and Samuel Brough married Elizabeth Bott in 1858. Today their descendants number in the thousands and make up the majority of the membership of the Brough Family Organization (BFO)--one of the largest ancestral family organizations in the world.
Richard Brough and Mary Horleston's third child and oldest son, Richard (chr. 1827), married Rosannah Myatt in 1846. One of Richard and Rosannah's grandson's, Thomas Myatt (Brough), left England for Australia between 1881 and 1888, where he and his wife, Ellen France, raised a family of 10 children in New South Wales, Australia. Since 1988, some of Richard Brough and Mary Horleston's descendants living in Utah have been in contact with some of the Australian descendants of Thomas Myatt (Brough) and Ellen France.
Richard Brough died in 1873 in Trentham, Staffordshire, when he was "86" years old, and was buried in the "Dresden Church of the Resurrection" (an Anglican church of the Church of England) in Dresden. However, the specific location of his gravesite in the churchyard is not known. When officials of the Brough Family Organization visited the Dresden church in 2008 it was closed and part of its churchyard was overgrown. Today (2025) the Dresden church is known as the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church (Parish of St. Michael), Red Bank, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 4PD, Staffordshire, England (see: https://orthodoxinmidlands.blogspot.com/).
Mary Horleston died in 1879 in Longton, Staffordshire, when she was "80" years old, and was buried in St. John church in Longton. However, St. John's was demolished in 1979, and Mary's remains (along with those of many other people who were buried at St. John) were cremated and moved to a combined memorial site now located in the churchyard of St. James the Less and St. John in Longton.
In December 2016 members of the Research Committee of the Brough Family Organization (www.broughfamily.org) determined that "Mary Horleston" was probably born between 1792 and 1800--based on her age listed in the 1841, 1851 and 1871 census and the age listed in her 1879 death announcement and burial record. Also, BFO researchers decided to list her approximate birth year as "about 1795" as that year best fits among the births of her other siblings--such as John Hurlisson who was christened in 1793 in Bucknall and Richard Hollison who was born about 1797. In addition, although the 1851 Census states that Mary was born in Trentham and the 1871 Census states that she was born in Stoke-upon-Trent, it is possible that Mary was born in or near Bucknall--as that is where her brother John Hurlisson was christened in 1793 and her other siblings were born and/or from.
"Mary Horleston" was the daughter of "Elizabeth Horleston" and was probably born between 1792 and 1800. Mary's father is unknown and her christening record--"if" she was ever christened--has never been located. On 7 August 1825, "Mary Hurlinstone" and "Richard Brough" were married in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. In 1829, Mary was listed as the wife of "Richard Brough" in the Will of her mother, "Elizabeth Horleston"--who was christened as "Elizabeth Hollison" on 6 March 1768 in Bucknall, Staffordshire. In the 1841 Census, "Mary Brough" was listed as being 45 years old (born between 1792-1796) and born in Staffordshire; in the 1851 Census, she was listed as being 51 years old (born about 1800) and born in Trentham, Staffordshire; in the 1871 Census she is listed as being 74 years old (born about 1797) and born in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire; on 17 April 1879 she died at 180 Normacott Road in Longton, Staffordshire, at the age of 80 years old (born about 1799); and on 20 April 1879 she was buried at St. John's church in Longton, Staffordshire.
"Mary Horleston" was known and listed by several different surnames--including "Hollison", "Hurlinstone", and "Horleston". For example: In 1816 and 1821, Mary's first two (illegitimate) sons, James and John, was both christened with the surname of "Hollison". In 1825, when Mary married Richard Brough, her surname was recorded as "Hurlinstone". In 1829, Mary's mother, Elizabeth, wrote a Will in which her name was listed as Elizabeth "Horleston"; and in the late 1800's and early 1900's, some LDS church records listed Mary's surname as "Horleston".
The 1825 marriage of "Richard Brough" and "Mary Hurlinstone" is listed in the parish register of St. Peter, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, which states that they were married by "Banns" and "in this church" of St. Peter on 7 August 1825; that Richard Brough was a "Bachelor" and "Brickmaker" of "this Parish"; that Mary Hurlinstone of a Spinster of "this Parish"; that the marriage was performed by Benjamin Vale, Curate; and that the marriage was witnessed by Samuel Poulson. Also, this marriage is listed in the Bishop's Transcript of Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire (FHL Film # 435854, page 164), which states that they were married by Banns on 25 August 1825, that Richard Brough was a "Brickmaker", that they were both "of this Parish", and that the marriage was witnessed by Samuel Poulson.
"Mary Horleston Brough" is listed in the 1829 Will of her mother, Elizabeth Hollison, as follows: The "Will" of "Elizabeth Horleston" (FHL Film # 96721--located about halfway through the microfilm), was probated in Newcastle, Staffordshire, on 27 October 1843, but was written on 13 December 1829. In her Will, Elizabeth Horleston states that "the whole of my estate...consists of nothing but a lease of a cottage at Whetley Moore [Wetley Moor]...which lease expires at the death of my son William Horleston, and the premises of the said cottage consists of two small dwelling houses with about three acreas of land...and the said land is divided into three small crofts". (Note: a "croft" is a small enclosed field or pasture near a house.) The Will of Elizabeth Horleston also named three children: her son "William Horleston"--who was a "Collier", her son "Richard Horleston", and her daughter, "Mary Brough"--who was the wife of "Richard Brough", a "Labourer"; and the Probate section of the Will stated that Elizabeth Horleston died on 14 October 1843. In addition, an "Estate Duty Death Reference" notice (FHL Film # 1485063), states that "Elizabeth Horleston" was "of Stoke-upon-Trent", that she died on 14 October 1843, that her Will was dated 13 December 1829, that she had a "Leasehold [of a] Cottage at Whetley Moor [Wetley Moor] which expires at the death of [her] son William", and that the Executors were: William Horleston--her son, Richard Horleston--her son, and Mary Brough--her daughter.
In the 1841 Census, "Mary Brough" is listed as being 45 years old (born about 1792-1796) and born in Staffordshire.
In the 1851 Census, "Mary Brough" is listed as being 51 years old (born about 1800) and born in Trentham, Staffordshire.
In the 1871 Census, "Mary Brough" is listed as being 74 years old (born about 1797), and born in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.In September 2020 the Brough Family Organization (BFO) obtained the death certificate (below) of Mary (Horleston) Brough from the General Register Office (GRO) in England. The death certificate stated that she died of “Senile Decay” on 17 April 1879 at “180 Normacott Road” in Longton, Staffordshire, England, that she was the “Widow of Richard Brough” who had been a “Brickmaker”, and that she died when she was “80” years old (born about 1799). The informant of her death was her daughter “Mary Ann Evans”.
"Mary Brough" died on 17 April 1879 in Normacott Road, Longton, Staffordshire, England. Her death is documented in the book: "The Ancestors of Richard Brough and Mary Horleston" (RBFO, 1981, p.69), which references Samuel Richard Brough's LDS Temple Record Book (pages 5,17), and the online FreeBMD lists her death as being registered in April-June 1879 in Stoke-upon-Trent district, and states she died when she was "80" years old (born about 1799).
The following funeral announcement about "Mary Brough" is listed on FamilySearch Tree:
"In memory of the late Mary Brough, of 180, Normacott Road, Longton, who died April 17th, 1879, aged 80 years.
"You are respectfully requested to attend the funeral on Sunday the 20th, Instant at 10 o'clock. Interment at St. John's Church, at 10:30 o'clock.
"Gone from her home and the friends she loved best, But gone where the weary find undisturbed rest, Gone in her youth from earth's beauty and joy, Gone to Heaven's pleasure, which naught can alloy.""Mary Brough" was buried on St. John's, Lane End, Longton, Staffordshire, England (FHL Film # 1471147, Entry #1107, page 112), on 20 April 1879, when she was "80" years old. Unfortunately, by the time Monumental Inscriptions of St. John's Churchyard were recorded in the mid-1900's (see: FHL Booklet: British, Q Area, 942, A1, No.158), the grave of Mary (Brough) was not visible or recorded. St. John's was demolished in 1979, and Mary's remains (along with those of many other people who were buried at St. John) were cremated and moved to a combined memorial site now located in the churchyard of St. James the Less and St. John in Longton.
Marriage Notes for Richard Brough and Mary Horleston-107
The marriage of "Richard Brough" and "Mary Hurlinstone" is listed in the parish register of St. Peter, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, which states that they were married by "Banns" and "in this church" of St. Peter on 7 August 1825; that Richard Brough was a "Bachelor" and "Brickmaker" of "this Parish"; that Mary Hurlinstone of a Spinster of "this Parish"; that the marriage was performed by Benjamin Vale, Curate; and that the marriage was witnessed by Samuel Poulson. This marriage is also listed in the Bishop's Transcript of Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire (FHL Film # 435854, page 164), which states that they were married by Banns on 25 August 1825, that Richard Brough was a "Brickmaker", that they were both "of this Parish", and that the marriage was witnessed by Samuel Poulson.
Jane Brough was born in Lane End, Staffordshire, England, on 20 August 1826. This location is often referred to as "Lane End, Longton". For example: "Lane End, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Confusion often arises over the location and names of Lane End and Longton. Originally they were two separate and contiguous townships which were incorporated in the Borough of Longton in 1865. Longton was adjacent to Longton Hall and encompassed the Longton Hall Colliery and Brickworks. Even in 1900 the area was mainly fields. Lane End was centered on the area around Market Street and the bottom part of Anchor Road and contained the Markets, Churches and main potworks." (Source: http://www.thepotteries.org/did_you/009.htm)
The birth and christening of Jane Brough is listed in the Wesleyan Chapel, High Street, Longton, Staffordshire, England (FHL Film # 825393, Item # RG4-3298, Book 36), which states that she was born on 20 August 1826 and christened on 10 September 1826 as the daughter of Richard and Mary Brough of Lane End.
The death and burial of Jane Brough, BFO Research Note, February 2019: Jane Brough is not listed in the 1841 Census with her parents and brothers and sisters in Longton, Staffordshire, which suggests that she possibly died prior to the 1841 Census. In addition, the death of Jane Brough is not listed in the online GRO Index between July 1837 and September 1841, so she possibly died before July 1837. Interestingly, the parish register of "St. John, Longton, Staffordshire (FHL Film # 1471087, Item #10), lists a "Mary Brough" of "L[ane] E[nd]" who was buried on 25 February 1828 in St. John, Longton, and who died when she was "1 year 5 months" old--and therefore born about September 1826. In 1826 there were two christenings for Brough-surnamed girls that took place in the Wesleyan Chapel of Longton (FHL Film # 825393, Item #11): 1) A "Jane Brough" who was born on 20 August 1826 and christened on 10 September 1826 as the daughter of Richard and Mary Brough of Lane End; and 2) A "Mary Brough" who was born on 9 October 1826 and christened on 22 October 1826 as the daugther of "John and Hannah Brough" of Lane End--and who later married Samuel Dodd on 12 April 1846 in Fulford, Staffordshire. After extensive radius searches of available parish registers in and around the Longton area, the Research Committee of the Brough Family Organization (BFO) currently believes that the "Jane Brough" who was born in 1826 in Longton is possibly the same individual as the "Mary Brough" who died and was buried in 1828 in Longton.
1841 Census Report (taken on 6 June 1841, FHL Film # 474621, p.28):
Richard and Mary Brough were living at: 28 Sutherland Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England:
Richard Brough, age 55, Male, Occupation: Pen [Pensioner], Born: Staffordshire
Mary (Brough), age 45, Female, Born: Staffordshire
John Hollison, age 22, Male, Occupation: Pott[er], Born: Staffordshire
Ellen Brough, age 16, Female, Occupation: Potter Apps., Born: Staffordshire
Richard Brough, age 13, Male, Occupation: Miner Iron, Born: Staffordshire
William, age 11, Male, Occupation: Miner Iron, Born: Staffordshire
Thomas, age 9, Male, Occupation: App. Potter; Born: Staffordshire
Adra, age 8, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Elizabeth, age 7, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Mary, age 5, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Samuel, age 7/10 months, Born: StaffordshireResearch Note, 2018:
No marriage has yet been found for Jane Brough (b.1826) the daughter of Richard Brough. The following marriages of different Jane Brough's in Staffordshire between 1837 and 1861 have been listed in the FreeBMD, Staffordshire BMD, and/or FamilySearch, as follows:
1841: 30 August 1841, St. Peter, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Charles Templer and Jane Brough--whose father was William Brough. Source: FHL Digital Film # 101094664.
1853: 27 December 1853, St. Luke, Leek, Staffordshire, Thomas Sales and Jane Brough--whose father was Thomas Brough. Source: FHL Film # 1471068, Item #11.
1859: 10 February 1859, St. Michael, Stone, Staffordshire, Samuel Griffin and Jane Brough--whose father was Thomas Brough. Source: FHL Film # 1278887, Item #2.
1859: 5 September 1859, St. Werburgh, Kinglsey, Staffordshire, Edward Collier and Jane Brough--whose father was David Brough. Source: FHL Digital Film # 100910670.
William Brough was born in Lane End, Staffordshire, England, on 14 April 1829. This location is often referred to as "Lane End, Longton". For example: "Lane End, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Confusion often arises over the location and names of Lane End and Longton. Originally they were two separate and contiguous townships which were incorporated in the Borough of Longton in 1865. Longton was adjacent to Longton Hall and encompassed the Longton Hall Colliery and Brickworks. Even in 1900 the area was mainly fields. Lane End was centered on the area around Market Street and the bottom part of Anchor Road and contained the Markets, Churches and main potworks." (Source: http://www.thepotteries.org/did_you/009.htm)
The christening of William Brough is listed in the parish register of St. John, Longton, Staffordshire, England (FHL Film # 1471086, Item #12), which states that he was christened on 3 May 1829 as the son of Richard and Mary Brough of Lane End, and that Richard Brough was a "Brickmaker".
William Brough is listed in the 1841 Census as shown below:
1841 Census Report (taken on 6 June 1841, FHL Film # 474621, p.28):
Richard and Mary Brough were living at: 28 Sutherland Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England:
Richard Brough, age 55, Male, Occupation: Pen [Pensioner], Born: Staffordshire
Mary (Brough), age 45, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Ellen Brough, age 16, Female, Occupation: Potter Apps., Born: Staffordshire
John Hollison, age 22, Male, Occupation: Pott[er], Born: Staffordshire
Richard Brough, age 13, Male, Occupation: Miner Iron, Born: Staffordshire
William, age 11, Male, Occupation: Miner Iron, Born: Staffordshire
Thomas, age 9, Male, Occupation: App. Potter; Born: Staffordshire
Adra, age 8, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Elizabeth, age 7, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Mary, age 5, Female, Born: Staffordshire
Samuel, age 7/10 months, Born: Staffordshire
In July 2007, the RBFO obtained a copy of the death certificate of William Brough from England. It stated that on 28 June 1848, William Brough, age "19 years" and a "Potter" residing at "Chapel Street, Lane End", died of "Phthisis" (or tuberculosis of the lungs). The informant of his death was "Hannah Boughey, Present at the Death [and of] Chapel Street, Lane End".
William Brough was buried on July 4, 1848 at St. John, Longton, Staffordshire, England (FHL Film # 1471087, p.86). His burial entry states that William was of "Lane End" and "19" years of age at the time of his burial.
In February 2013, the BFO obtained a copy of the birth certificate of "Girl" Brough (no given name listed) from England, which stated that she was born on 31 March 1838 in the "Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent", Staffordshire, and that her father was "Richard Brough", a "Brick Maker", and her mother was "Mary Brough formerly Hollison". The informant of this birth was "Mary Brough, her X mark, the Mother [of] Sutherland Road, Lane End", Longton, Staffordshire. Geographical Note: "Lane End" is often referred to as "Lane End, Longton". For example: "Lane End, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Confusion often arises over the location and names of Lane End and Longton. Originally they were two separate and contiguous townships which were incorporated in the Borough of Longton in 1865. Longton was adjacent to Longton Hall and encompassed the Longton Hall Colliery and Brickworks. Even in 1900 the area was mainly fields. Lane End was centered on the area around Market Street and the bottom part of Anchor Road and contained the Markets, Churches and main potworks." (Source: http://www.thepotteries.org/did_you/009.htm)
In February 2013, the BFO obtained a copy of the death certificate of "Female" Brough (no given name listed) from England, which stated that she died at the age of "1 day" old on 1 April 1838 in the "Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent", Staffordshire, and that the informant of her death was "Mary Brough, her X mark, the Mother [of] Sutherland Road, Lane End", Longton, Staffordshire. Geographical Note: "Lane End" is often referred to as "Lane End, Longton". For example: "Lane End, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Confusion often arises over the location and names of Lane End and Longton. Originally they were two separate and contiguous townships which were incorporated in the Borough of Longton in 1865. Longton was adjacent to Longton Hall and encompassed the Longton Hall Colliery and Brickworks. Even in 1900 the area was mainly fields. Lane End was centered on the area around Market Street and the bottom part of Anchor Road and contained the Markets, Churches and main potworks." (Source: http://www.thepotteries.org/did_you/009.htm)
Genealogical records on this family were provided by Marie B. Nielson, RBFO Genealogist, 2004.
The birth and christening of "Jean Watson" is listed in FamilySearch (via Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950), which states that she was born on 17 August 1800 and christened on 24 August 1800 in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and that her parents were "William Watson" and "Jean McLachlan".
The "Watson" ancestry and relatives was originally submitted for LDS Temple work by Samuel Richard Brough in 1897-1901. Marie B. Nielson, RBFO Genealogists, has the original LDS temple record books personally kept by Samuel Richard Brough. R. Clayton Brough, RBFO President, has copies of the LDS temple records on the "Watson" ancestry personally kept by Samuel Richard Brough.
This child was probably stillborn.
In March 2012, the RBFO obtained a copy of the birth certificate of "Martha Jane Brough" from England, which stated that she was born on 21 July 1853 in Furnace Road, Longton, Staffordshire, and that her father was Thomas Brough, a Collier, and that her mother was "Jane Brough formerly Peterson".
In March 2012, the RBFO obtained a copy of the birth certificate of "William George Brough" from England, which stated that he was born on 2 July 1855 in Furnace Road, Longton, Staffordshire, and that his father was Thomas Brough, a Collier, and that his mother was "Ann Jane Brough formerly Peterson".